(Minot, ND) — A Utah man is facing extradition after being arrested in North Dakota on a charge of child kidnapping. The Piute County Sheriff’s Office says Heber Jeffs will appear before a judge in North Dakota today. A warrant for Jeffs’ arrest was issued after he disappeared from Piute […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has allegedly suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him, according to a recent court filing. Forcing Jeffs to testify would be “futile,” said lawyers representing a community trust that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous group at the Utah-Arizona border is letting go of the sprawling building where it worshipped in the latest sign that the sect run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs is crumbling and losing control of the community it ruled for a century. Jeff Barlow […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A second funeral has been held for the second wife of the imprisoned leader of a polygamous sect whose members ran two communities on opposite sides of the Arizona-Utah border. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 130 people attended the service for Barbara Jeffs held Thursday near […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old boy whose polygamous family is featured on a reality TV show has died following a fire in a southeastern Utah home. The Deseret News reports Adonija Foster died of smoke inhalation Saturday after a fire ignited in the room where he was sleeping. […]
